James Franco's certainly not the first Hollywood star to dabble in other art-forms, but he does seem to have taken it to a new level. If he told us he had a side-career in brain surgery, was secretly the Secretary of State and spent every Friday morning selling burritos from a Manhattan food truck, we'd only be very slightly surprised.

With Franco now returning to the big screen for the first time since 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Digital Spy takes a look back through his weird and wonderful CV to date.

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Freaks and Geeks (1999)Franco's breakthrough role was as loveable slacker Daniel Desario in this beloved, cancelled-before-its-time high school series, which was an early product of the Judd Apatow stable.
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